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Rare- “Peach Chicken of the Woods” (Laetiporus persicinus)

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(Too rare for any available recipes, but certain it is probably awesome)

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Laetiporus persicinus, commonly known as the white chicken mushroom, is an edible mushroom of the genus Laetiporus. It is closely related to the chicken mushroom, or Laetiporus sulphureus. Laetiporus persicinus has a salmon pink cap and white pores. This mushroom grows on dead and living hardwood and softwood trees. It was first described scientifically by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1853 as Polyporus persicinus. It has been collected in Africa, Australia, Asia, North America, and South America.

Laetiporus persicinus differs substantially from the rest of the species in the genus. It is more darkly pigmented and the binding hyphae do not have the appearance of the other species. In addition, the molecular studies place L. persicinus even more distantly from the L. sulphureus complex than such other brown-rot species as Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. Additional studies of this species may require that it be placed in a different genus.